Chapter 57
"Sister, what's wrong with you? Hold on! I'll be there soon!" Hearing his sister's voice, Miao Su rushed out of the room with a sword in hand and ran madly up the stairs towards the room where Miao Xin was: Damn it! Nothing can happen!
In the room, Miao Xin, who had slammed the door shut with all her might and screamed, was leaning against the door, gasping for breath: "Help! Was that the Painted Skin Demon knocking on the door just now? Wait, that's not right! I've confused the story with reality. There shouldn't be a Painted Skin Demon in reality... right?"
"What's that sound?" A brave student on the same floor quietly opened his door and looked in the direction of the sound, holding a stool in the room in front of him for self-defense: "Who's there?"
With the help of candlelight in the corridor, they saw a dark and trembling figure squatting at the door of Miao Xin's room. As the candles in the lanterns in the nearby corridor had burned out, the area around the figure was dim. Even Wen Yu, whose room was closest to that area, could not see the figure's face clearly.
At some point, the window at the end of the corridor was blown open a little by the strong wind, and the few remaining lanterns that could still illuminate swayed with the wind coming in through the window gaps.
The shaking aperture, the deserted corridor, the trembling figure... the scene was so consistent with the plot of the horror story that Wen Yu quickly and silently closed the door with the most gentle movements: I shouldn’t have opened the door so easily, or I’ll have nightmares at night!
Wen Yu gave up, but the other students, holding stools as shields, weren't quite ready to give up. They held onto the door with one hand, their bodies pressed tightly against the frame, their eyes fixed on the hallway, ready to close the door and save their lives. "Who is this?" they asked. "He looks so familiar."
"Sister!" Miao Su finally rushed over with his sword raised: "Who are you? Why are you squatting at the door of my sister's room? What do you want to do?"
Yes, yes! Tell me who you are! The students living on the same floor pricked up their ears, and Miao Xin in the room also leaned her ear towards the door.
"Like me." Nan Zheng, who had been hit on the nose by Miao Xin's door panel, finally recovered. He held his nose and supported his legs to slowly stand up from the ground. Because of the nose injury, his speech was a little slurred and his eyes were slightly resentful.
Nan Zheng: "What do you want to do? I should be the one asking! What on earth do you two want to do? One of you hits my handsome face with a door panel right after we met, and the other points a sword at me without a word. Who should question who?"
"Ah? Is that Master Nan?" Miao Xin, still afraid to open the door, buried her face in the door panel awkwardly: "Sorry, I thought..."
"Don't be so quick to apologize, sister. Knocking on a girl's door in the middle of the night is not what a gentleman does." Miao Su sneered, with no intention of putting down his sword. "Nan Zheng, I have a question for you. What can't you say to my sister during the day? What can't you say in front of me, your brother?"
Before, Nan Zheng was publicly teasing a group of female students, and he had no right to say anything. But now it was nighttime, Miao Xin was alone in a single room, a man and a woman, and someone knocked on the door in the middle of the night... Ha! As Miao Xin's brother, the fact that he didn't beat that guy up proved he was calm, right?
"I have something to think about..."
"What's the matter?"
"It's a personal matter, so..."
"What private matter?"
“…”
"What the hell is going on?!"
“…” Of course it’s not convenient to talk about private matters!
Nan Zheng had encountered similar situations in the past and had avoided similar crises several times through clever rhetoric, but the situation he was in today was not convincing at all. In addition, the pain on his face diverted some of his attention, making his reaction slower than usual. Facing the aggressive Miao Su, he was actually stumped by the question.
This floor was occupied by classmates. Miao Su didn't want to be watched, so he went up and dragged Nan Zheng away: "If you really have something to say, please tell me during the day, or I can tell you."
In this era, it's not uncommon for the opposite sex to write love letters to each other or make plans to go out together. Miao Su is not the kind of stubborn brother who would prevent his sister from freely falling in love, but he looks down on those suitors who dare not show up in front of the girl's family: If you have the guts to pursue someone, why don't you show up! Can we, as parents, eat you up? What? Huh? Are you trying to trick her into elopement?
"Hey, guest, what's going on?" Aunt Ding came late with a lantern in her hand.
"It's okay, boss. I just came up to take a look and find someone." Miao Su smiled politely at Aunt Ding.
"Oh, I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay." Aunt Ding nodded happily at Miao Su. Without looking at Nan Zheng who had a pleading look on his face, she put down the lantern in her hand and took out a few candles from her sleeve.
Why don't you use a ladder to change the candles? Miao Su pulled Nan Zheng to make way for Aunt Ding, but saw Aunt Ding pull out a shovel from behind and lean it against the wall, then stepped on the shovel to complete the difficult task of changing the candles.
"Amazing! This skill is really amazing!" Miao Su was still thinking in his heart as he pulled Nan Zheng away: The shopkeeper is really extraordinary. He has such good balance at such an old age... Wait, where did he pull out the shovel?
Aunt Ding jumped down from the shovel and left leisurely: As an elderly and vulnerable group, it is reasonable to hide some weapons everywhere in your own inn as a backup, right?
The young petty thieves who were beaten up by Aunt Ding: Who is the vulnerable group after all?
"It seems like everyone has left." Hearing that there was no movement in the corridor, Wen Yu opened the door again and shouted towards Miao Xin's room: "Xinxin Xinxin, why don't you come to our room to sleep? It's not safe to sleep alone." The wind and rain were so loud tonight. If a thief broke into the room from the window, Miao Xin's cry for help might be covered by the sound of the rain and could not be heard by others.
"Yes, Xinxin, don't sleep alone." Other female students who had a good relationship with Miao Xin also opened the door and persuaded her.
"You, you guys haven't slept yet?" Miao Xin reluctantly opened the door and poked her head out with an embarrassed look on her face: So, the whole class heard my scream just now...
"Don't worry, I didn't hear anything just now."
"Me too!"
"I didn't hear it either."
"Yes, yes, my ears suddenly stopped working."
Miao Xin: "..." Thank you. I already want to crawl into the ground.
Although it was very embarrassing, Miao Xin still chose to squeeze into the same room with others in response to Wen Yu's request. There was no other way. The lethality of the storybook was too great. Now, as soon as she closed her eyes, she felt like a painted skin demon was standing outside the window, even though her room was on the third floor.
"Good night, Xinxin."
"Good night." Miao Xin buried her face in the quilt: Don't look out the window, don't look out the window, if you can't see it, it doesn't exist.
The next day, Miao Xin, who had almost not slept all night, sat up from the bed. She didn't even need to look in the mirror to know that her face must be very haggard.
"Xinxin, you haven't fallen asleep yet?" Wen Yu yawned while sitting at the table, letting the maid draw on her face.
"Well, looking haggard?"
"Don't worry, it's okay. I should feel better after washing my face."
What happened last night had basically spread throughout the inn. When they got up to eat in the morning, Wen Yu was not surprised to see that everyone was not in good spirits: "Can't you sleep either?"
"Yes, after reading the storybook, I always feel that there are monsters outside the door and outside the window, and no place is safe."
Wen Yu silently lowered her head and drank her porridge: I suddenly felt that it was dangerous to continue this topic, so I decided to eat.
The weather was beautiful today; the rain had finally stopped and the sun was out. Unfortunately, the school carriage couldn't leave because the driver felt the road was still a bit slippery and unsafe to travel so early. However, Wen Yu's second aunt and her family had set out early, reportedly anxious to find a famous person to teach them.
"Everyone, pack your things in advance and go out for a stroll, but be back before noon. After lunch, we'll leave immediately and spend the night in Wutong County." After explaining the day's travel plans to everyone, the teacher returned to the house to start packing his own belongings. No matter what time they left, he was always the first one on the bus; leading by example was his principle as a teacher.
"Is anyone there?" Wen Yu, who had been stuck in the inn for a whole day, could no longer sit still when he heard that he could go out. After finishing his meal, he put down his bowl and chopsticks and ran out of the inn. He stood at the door of the escort agency and knocked: Someone come quickly, I have a melon here!
"You came too early. The escort agency is closed now." Hearing the noise outside, Yu Qian, who had just come online, opened the gate and looked out.
"Oh, it's okay if you're here. I want to tell you something..." Wen Yu now has a lot of gossip that she wants to share with someone.
"Oh my God, is that so? Many people couldn't sleep after reading this." After listening to the gossip that Wen Yu shared with her, Yu Qian was a little curious: What kind of story was Bei Qiao telling that would scare people so much? I didn't think it was that scary when I heard it at the time... Well, it's still a little scary.
"Of course, I'm the unlucky guy who was so scared that he couldn't sleep." A mournful voice suddenly came from behind the two of them.
"Wow! Who is it?" Yu Qian was so scared that she jumped up on the spot.
"I'm sorry, it's me. I'm here to apologize." Miao Xin scratched her face awkwardly: "The day before yesterday, I misunderstood you and slandered my classmate. I'm really sorry. I didn't know he was a liar."
She didn't sleep all night last night. Besides being afraid of the Painted Skin Demon, she was also thinking about one question, which was...
"Why did I open the door to a male classmate I didn't even know last night? This doesn't seem right!"
"Qianqian, what are you doing standing at the door? Why didn't you knock when you came to see me?" Bei Qiao had just finished replying to Li Qingqing's message online. When she went downstairs to open the door, she happened to hear people chatting outside the courtyard. She recognized the voices of Yu Qian and Wen Yu, and guessed that they were chatting so happily because the storybook had already been written. However...
"Who is this?" Why is there a strange girl here? Aren't you afraid of letting something slip during the conversation?
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